Title of the article:

THE CHURCH OF SAVIOUR IN THE WOODS AND THE CATHEDRAL OF NIKOLA-MALITSKY MONASTERY: THE KREMLIN MODEL FOR TVER TEMPLE

Author(s):

Aleksey M. Salimov 

Information about the author/authors

Aleksey M. Salimov — DSc in Art, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences, Chief Research Officer, TSNIIP Branch of the Ministry of Construction of Russia, Research Institute of Theory and History of Architecture and Urban Planning, Dushinskaya St., 9, 111024 Moscow, Russia. E-mail: sampochta@mail.ru 

Section

History of Arts

Year

2020

Volume

Vol. 57

Pages

pp. 210-231

Received

March 23, 2020

Date of publication

September 28, 2020

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37816/2073-9567-2020-57-210-231

Index UDK

726.6.5.03

Index BBK

85.113(2) + 86.372.24-65

Abstract

Nikolo-Malitsky monastery is situated in a few kilometers from Tver and is traditionally thought to be founded in the 16th century. During its existence the monastery saw several cardinal renovations in the 17th, 18th centuries and in the early 21th century. The most enigmatic period in the history of Malitsky monastery was in the late 17th century when two stone temples were built there. Those constructions were demolished in the middle of the 18th century during the rebuilding of the whole monastery complex funded by the Shuvalovs. But among the preserved documents there is a contract of 1675 which contains a detailed description of the cathedral of Nikolo-Malitsky monastery expected to be built. Information about a purchaser and masters who built the temple is also found in this source. The most significant fact mentioned in the document of the 17th century is the precept of a ktitor for the masters who had to take as a model for Tver church the cathedral of Saviour in the Woods in Kremlin. Judging by the characteristic of future construction given in the document the Moscow specimen was really repeated in the middle of 1670-es in Nikolo-Malitsky monastery. 

Keywords

Tver, Nikolo-Malitsky monastery, church of Saviour in the Woods, ancient Russian architecture of the 17th century.

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